Confession

[ray]

Confession, When I confess my sins some people see it as self comdeemnation of my self. According to scripture in 1 John 1:9 if i confess that I can be cleased of every worng. Also in the same chapter is says if you bring your sin out of the darkness and into the light it will be no more. So, if we confess to get rid of the sins in out lives, why is it that we make it out to be so hard? :prayer

[ted]

Well, Ray, in my case, (and I expect in most) it's hard to think that we may be wrong about anything. We fear what mankind will think of us when our emphasis should be on how God sees us.

You bring up a good point. The Bible shows us to go to our Brothers and Sisters for help with this.

It's hard because sin is shameful. That's why we hide it.

May we all have the strength to seek out Christ to overcome sin.

t.

[WISDOM]

Hello Ray:

Listen......a very important thing to remember first is that our FATHER did not get caught offguard by your sin/failure. HE knew this morning's news about YOU last night and all about the failures you'll make tomorrow! Whether we want to admit it or not we have evil things constantly developing in our heart (Jeremiah 17:9).

When YOU and I confess our sin (1 John 1:9) we are agreeing with our FATHER what HE already knows and has told us about ourselves. Be thankful that you feel uncomfortable about it. The HOLY SPIRIT is exposing the impurities inside you that HE wants to clean up. YOUR soul has a bitter Adversary who wants to see great disaster in YOUR life (1 Peter 5:8). And this is happening throughout the Body of CHRIST (1 Peter 5:9).

Confession usually becomes the hardest because of the sin that so EASILY besets YOU and I. We feel dirty everytime we do it and cannot even lift our eyes towards Heaven. However, our LORD/SAVIOUR tells us differently in Hebrews 4:14-16. HE knows what is going on in your life. The deepest, darkest, most heinous sins inside of us are not hidden from HIS eyes.

Ray, we make it hard because of the shame involved. We knew it was wrong BEFORE we did it, in most cases. But like I wrote in a thread in the General Forum, our FATHER wants to forgive and cleanse us MORE than we want to confess! HE is so full of agape love and bigger than ANY problems YOU or I have in our lives.

Satan never wants us to forget the sin, no matter how dark it can get to be. But GOD has promised YOU that when you confess it (agree with HIM it missed HIS mark) HE will do something wonderful.....HE will remove it "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12). Then Ray we are to go and sin no more. Depend on HIM to help you daily. Come clean with HIM about all the sin in your life. Will you fail/sin again? Yes. Will the war continue between your sin nature and the HOLY SPIRIT? Yes....daily. Should YOU throw your hands up in the air and just give up?? No.

Ask the LORD to help you with a sincere broken heart, and a broken contrite spirit (Psalm 51:17). HE will do it. Believe it, Ray (Hebrews 11:6).

**Psalm 44:21....Matthew 6:6-8**

[naomi3]

Confession, When I confess my sins some people see it as self comdeemnation of my self.

Confession is needed as a christian, why others would consider it self condemnation I don't know. Unless you live is a continual state of confession over the same thing. I know some people who confess and confess, ask the Lord to forgive and then ask Him to forgive again. He forgives the first time we ask. Many times we can be the one who keeps picking it up because we don't "feel" forgiven. Which then this leads to self condemnation.

Naomi

[WISDOM]

Confession, When I confess my sins some people see it as self comdeemnation of my self.

He forgives the first time we ask. Many times we can be the one who keeps picking it up because we don't "feel" forgiven. Which then this leads to self condemnation.

Naomi

Good point Naomi....This is why we should trust HIS Word (Isaiah 55:11), not our "feelings" (Numbers 23:19). Our personal feelings can deceive us.......GOD won't. (Proverbs 3:5-6....Psalm 32:1-5)

[Kay]

Confession, When I confess my sins some people see it as self comdeemnation of my self.

He forgives the first time we ask. Many times we can be the one who keeps picking it up because we don't "feel" forgiven. Which then this leads to self condemnation.

Naomi

Good point Naomi....This is why we should trust HIS Word (Isaiah 55:11), not our "feelings" (Numbers 23:19). Our personal feelings can deceive us.......GOD won't. (Proverbs 3:5-6....Psalm 32:1-5)

ahhh Wisdom, how true

That was one of the hardest things for me to learn!

[apothanein kerdos]

Confession is needed in order to restore our fellowship with Christ. While we always have a relationship, until we confess our sins, until we acknowledge that we were wrong, we cannot move on in our fellowship with Him due to our pride being in the way.

[WISDOM]

Hi Kay......

It is part of our growth and development into the image of CHRIST. Confessing the truth to our FATHER is not a sign of weakness, but of strength. None of us are perfect. Confession also helps to weld the bond of trust between us and our FATHER, and should make us better aware, and even MORE thankful for HIS grace and mercy always demonstrated towards us.

[apothanein kerdos]

Hi Kay......

It is part of our growth and development into the image of CHRIST. Confessing the truth to our FATHER is not a sign of weakness, but of strength. None of us are perfect. Confession also helps to weld the bond of trust between us and our FATHER, and should make us better aware, and even MORE thankful for HIS grace and mercy always demonstrated towards us.

Wow, dead on. Maybe I'm playing with semantics here (and I apologize if I am), but I would say confession is a sign of weakness on our part so that we might bring forth the strength of God.

Like I said, it's all semantics, thus doesn't matter. What does matter is how dead on correct your post it.

[rockswillcryout]

Confession humbles me -- to say it out loud (whether someone besides God hears it or not.) It's not self condemnation - it's recognizing that what you did was wrong and more than anything, you are sorry for what you God. It's seeking out God's forgivness and a way to help you forgive yourself.

Why do we make sin out to be so hard? That is such a good question Ray. I supose if I knew the true answer to that - if any of us did - we may get sin licked. Figuring out why we do things is getting to the very root of the problem and that brings us closer to solving it.

But there is no getting around our sinful nature. It's there. It's how we were born. We can't get around it ourselves - if we could, Jesus wouldn't have died on the cross.

He would have rather died than spend eternity with you. Now that's humbling.